[sansa stills (she was only looking at a skeleton. perhaps a corpse so neatly rotted away didn't have anyone left to miss its bones? she hopes so, for all their sakes). anyone speaking with authority about the skeletons is likely to be one of the necromancers kaworu mentioned. perhaps she might find out more about how this magic works and where the skeletons come from. but she must be careful. alayne stone doesn't know about the night's king. alayne stone thinks the white walkers are just a story to get children to behave. she affixes a smile to her face and turns around, doing her considerable best to look guileless.]

Forgive me. I suppose I heard too many stories about strange things that snatch up naughty children when I was small. My nurse could be very frightening.

[all true, except she is not sorry.]

There is much here that's new to me.